The story of Jacksonville’s Grande Boulevard Mall is one that can be described as a retail dream gone horribly wrong, yet the end result achieving the original vision of Victor Gruen, the architect of the first modern mall. Read More
Welcome to the Urban Development Master List. This list contains major active and proposed developments within Jacksonville's urban core neighborhoods of Downtown, Brooklyn, Riverside, San Marco and Springfield. In the upcoming months, this project list will be expanded to include additional areas of the urban core, Duval County and Northeast Florida. Read More
Although few in number compared to many other Southern cities, a variety of monuments and memorials commemorating the Civil War exist in Jacksonville. These include graves, historic sites associated with camps and battles, monuments to those on both sides of the war, and schools and placenames dedicated to Civil War figures. Read More
While high profile redevelopment sites along the riverfront are routinely mentioned their potential, here's a few places in the Northbank completely overlooked for their ability to enhance downtown Jacksonville's pedestrian scale atmosphere. Read More